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'Give Peace a Chance': Montreal celebrates John and Yoko bed-in 50 years later
MONTREAL - It was 50 years ago today, John and Yoko told the band to play. The week-long bed-in that saw a pyjama-clad John Lennon and Yoko Ono host a parade of journalists, LSD gurus, countercul...
May 25, 2019
Bong d'Or: Korean director wins Cannes' top prize
CANNES, France - South Korean director Bong Joon-ho's raucous social satire "Parasite," about a poor family of hustlers who find jobs with a wealthy family, won the Cannes Film Festival's top award, t...
May 25, 2019
Arbitrator upholds Voynov suspension but says he served half
LOS ANGELES - An arbitrator upheld Slava Voynov's one-season NHL suspension Thursday but is giving him credit for serving half of it in 2018-19. Commissioner Gary Bettman suspended the former Los Ange...
May 25, 2019
Chef Mario Batali pleads not guilty to assault charge
BOSTON - Celebrity chef Mario Batali, whose career crumbled amid several sexual misconduct accusations, pleaded not guilty Friday to a charge that he forcibly kissed and groped a woman at a Boston res...
May 25, 2019
Keep guard up against hurricanes in 2019, as risk remains potent: forecaster
HALIFAX - It has been years since a major tropical storm wreaked havoc in Canada, but the Canadian Hurricane Centre is warning against complacency. The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...
May 25, 2019
Canada seeing spike in temporary visas as migrant worker advocates raise alarm
OTTAWA - Applications for temporary resident visas issued to visitors, students and temporary workers in Canada have more than quadrupled since 2015, stretching the Immigration Department's ability to...
May 25, 2019
Inmate acquitted of guard's slaying in Delaware prison riot
WILMINGTON, Del. - An inmate accused of leading a riot at Delaware's maximum-security prison during which a guard was killed and other staffers taken hostage was acquitted of all charges Thursday and ...
May 25, 2019
US charges WikiLeaks founder with publishing classified info
WASHINGTON - In a case with significant First Amendment implications, the U.S. filed new charges Thursday against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, accusing him of violating the Espionage Act by publi...
May 25, 2019
Red Sox close out four-game series with 8-2 rout of Blue Jays in matinee
TORONTO - Some help has finally arrived for the injury-plagued Toronto Blue Jays rotation. However, it wasn't enough to stop the powerful Boston offence during a Thursday matinee at Rogers Centre...
May 25, 2019
Ottawa orders tight new restrictions on sugary, purified high-alcohol drinks
OTTAWA - New restrictions on sugary, purified alcoholic beverages took effect Thursday, following several months of federal consultations and at least two deaths over an 18-month span. The a...
May 25, 2019
